Safety rail joint



Dec. 19, 192

W. RIEFSCHNIDER ET AL.

SAFETY RAIL JOINT FILED APR 10 1922 Helga hmder ATT RN "Patented Dec. 19, 1922.

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Application filed April'lb, 1922. Serial No. 551,162.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Warrrnn Rinrsoirm- DER and HENRY Rinrscnzvmnn, citizens of the United States, residing at Seattle, county of King, and State of lVashington, have invented a new and useful Safety Bail Joint;

and we do hereby declare that the" follow bodies a rail with the top of the rail omitted a short distance from the end, its web thicltened at the end and a. tapering slot in the center of the web; and another rail with angle plates extending beyond the end of the rail and integral therewith, slots between the angle plates and the web of the rail and the web slightly thickened and tapering.

Other features and advantages oi the invention will appear from the following description taken in connection with the drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation with parts broken away.

Figure 2 is a cross section thru the joint.

Figure 3 is a bottom view of the female member Figure a is a perspective view of the male member.

In the drawings we have shown our joint as it would appear in use in Figure 1 wherein numeral 1 indicates one rail on which is the female joint and numeral 2 indicates another rail the end of which constitutes the male member. '1 he web of the rail 1 is thickened from the point 3 shown in Figure 1 and tapers from its upper end at to its lower end 5 where it is curved. On each side of this web are; slots 6 and 7 and on the outside of the slots are the angle plates 8 and 9 which are'iastened to the top of the rail at their upper sides and to the web back of the point 3. These angle plates extend beyond the end of the rail 1 to a point 10 on the rail 2 which should be a suitable distance from the end of the rail to allow space for bolts to hold the rails. The upper inner surfaces of the plates 8 and 9 are beveled as shown at 1 1 and 12..

T he top of the rail '2 is omitted for a shortdistance from the end of the rail and the web is thickened from the point 10'to the end of the rail forming two bars'li and 14; which fit into the slots 6 and '7 of the rail" 1 and'a tapering slot 15' into which the web at-the endoi": therail 1 its; The upper edges of the bars 13 and l t are beveled at the points 16 and 17 to correspond with the surfaces '11 and 12 in therail- 1 and their outer ends slant-backward from the point 20. Holes 18 may-be placed thin the joint thru which the g 1.43am

bolts 19 may be placed to bolt the joint together. v

it will be understood that changes maybe made inthe construction without departing from the spirit of the invention. One-oi which changes may be in 'the omission of the flanges on the bottom'of the plates 8 and 9.

Another may be in the number of bolts used i-n'either section of the joint. ,And still another change may be in the shape of any of the members of the joint. v

The construction will be readily understood from the foregoing description, as all rails may be made with one end similar to that of rail 1 and with. the other similar to that of rail 2 so that when a track is being laid one rail will fit into another and they may be bolted together. It will be seen that by joining rails in this manner it will be absolutely impossible for them to come apart even though the bolts may loosen.

Having thus fully described the invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A safety rail oint comprisin two abutting rail ends one of'which has the upper section cut away and the web provided .with a central longitudinal groove extending from the point at which the upper sections is cut away to the end of the rail and the other of which is provided with a central web adapted to fit into said groove and integral splice plates spaced'i'rom said web and extending beyond the end of the rail toengage the sides orthe first mentioned rail,

said plates and webs being provided with bolt holes so that the joint may be bolted together.

2. A. safety rail joint of the type described comprising a rail end with the bottom flange removed for a short distance from the end central'longitudinal groove in the web ex-- of the rail, the web thickened and having two longitudinal grooves 1n it extending upward to the bottom of the head of the rail and backward to the point at which the bottom flange is cut away, and another rail end with the head of the rail cut away for a short distance from theend andhaving a i tending from the bottom of the head of the of 1a railand extending beyond the end; the

bottom-ofthe rail being cut ofi for a short distance from the end; a web between the side plates leaving a slot on each side of it;

holesthrough the web and plates; thetop of another rail being removed for a short distance from the end; bars on the sides of the web of the rail to fit ,into the slots of the former rail; a slot between-these bars to admit the web of the former rail; and'holes through the bars by which the oint maybe bolted together.

4. A device of the type described embodying two side plates attached to the web of a rail at one end which extend beyond the a slot on each side and plates; the top end of the rail; the bottom flange of the rail being removed for a short distance from the end; a web between the side plates leavin holes through the web of another rail being removed for a short distance from its end; bars on the sides of the web of fit into theslots at the end of the former rail; a slot between these bars to admit the web of the former rail; and holes through the bars by which the joint may be bolted together. I

5. A safety rail joint of the type described embodying a female member on the end of one rail having a web in its center, side plates attached to the rail extending beyond the end and leaving a slot on each side of the web and a male member with two bars spaced apartto fit into the two slots member.

6. A safety rail joint of the type described embodying a rail whose top extends beyond its bottom and having side plates attached to it which extend beyond the end of its top; in combination with another rail whose bottomextendsbeyond the top and which has leaving a slot between them.

WALTER RIEFSCHNIDER. HENRY RIEFSCHNIDER.

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